rouge dish (rozhdish)

A small saucer containing a thin layer of dry rouge for use as a cosmetic. Such saucers, as prepared in Portugal, usually contain genuine carmine. rouge-et-noir (rözh-ā-nwor'), n. [F., red and black: rouge, red (see rouge ); et ( Same as rouge proximate; vague; partial; carele ; hasty: as, to make a rough estimate or calculation; at a rough gue . There is not a subscription goes forward in which Tom is not privy to the first rough draught of the proposals. Add is on, Tatler, No. 158. A rough census was taken at the time of the Armada. Froude , Sketches, p. 138. At the same time, for carrying conviction in the first instance, it is only nece ary to use large ma es, and for this a rough count will answer. Amer . Jour . Philol ., IX. 146. 5. Characterized by harshne or asperity; disagreeably severe or coarse; discordant:used of things and actions with reference to their effects upon the senses or feelings, actions, sounds, etc.: as, rough weather; a rough remedy; rough treatment. Your reproof is something too rough [in some editions, Shak., Hen. V., iv. 1. 216. round ]. I am glad to find that the rough Clime of Ru ia agrees so well with you. Howell , Letters, I. vi. 33. 6. Lacking refinement; rude in character or action; unpolished; untrained; uncouth; awkward: as, rough kindne or attendance; a rough backwoodsman. For I am rough , and woo not like a babe. Shak., T. of the S., ii. 1. 138. Brom, who had a degree of rough chivalry in his nature, would fain have carried matters to open warfare. Irving , Sketch-Book, p. 433. 7. Characterized by violent or disorderly action or movement; rudely agitated or disturbed; boisterously violent; unrestrained: as, rough water; rough play. The winds grew contrary, and seas too rough to be brooked by so small a ve el. Sandys, Travailes, p. 14. rough When I was a Boy, the Prince of Salmon a, riding a rough held Reals under his Knees and Horse at Naples,. Toes. Montaigne , E ays (tr. by Cotton, 1693), I. 501. The town was rough with a riot between the pre -gang and the whaling-folk. Mrs. Gaskell , Sylvia's Lovers, iv. Nor is that wind le rough which blows a good man's barge. M. Arnold , Empedocles on Etna. 8. Coarse; stale: as, rough bread; rough fish. [Slang.] The poorer cla es live mostly on fish, and the "dropped" and rough fish is bought chiefly for the poor. Mayhew , London Labour and London Poor, L. 53. 9. Astringent: said of wines or other beverages: as, a rough claret. The rougher the drink [cider] the farther it will go, and the more acceptable it is to the working man. Spons' Encyc . Manuf ., I. 417. 10. In bot., same as scabrous. — 11. In Gr. gram., accompanied by, constituting, or marking the stronger aspiration, equivalent to our h; aspirated (in a narrower sense): as, a rough mute; the rough breathing. The rough breathing ( spiritus asper ) is our h. The rough mutes are 0 ( th ), $ (ph), and x ( ch ), equivalent in earlier times to t + h, p + h, and k + h, but in later times to English th (in thin ), f, and German ch (ch), respectively. Rough translates Greek δασύς, and is opposed to smooth (ψιλός). - Perfectly rough, in theoretical dynam., so rough that a body will not slip over the surfaces so characterized. - Rough-and-ready. (a) Rough in character or manner, but prompt in action or ready for emergencies: as, a rough - and - ready workman. He was not going to hang back when called upon - he had always been rough and ready when wanted - and then he was now ready as ever, and rough enough, too, God knows. Trollope, Dr. Thorne, xxii. (b) Rough, harsh, or crude in kind, but ready or prompt in action or use. IMG:content-2509.png:[blocks in formation] Teutons or Celtic we were to be, and in this rough -and ready fashion we were enlisted under one or other of the banners. Contemporary Rev., LIII. Rough-and-tumble, consisting of or characterized by rough and tumbling action; carried on with, requiring, or employing indiscriminate blows, falls, or struggles: used of a method of free fighting in which all means are allowable, and extended to other subjects involving similar conditions. [Colloq.]-Rough arch, bindweed, cicely, coat, diamond. See the nouns. - Rough breathing. See def. 11.-Rough-cut margin. See margin , 1.-Rough faced rustic work, masonry in which the faces of the blocks are left rough, and the joints are chiseled, either plain or chamfered. Rough file, fish, log, parsnip, plate-gla . See the nouns. - Rough oak. Same as post-oak. Rough-pointed stone, in stone - cutting , stone from the face of which an inch or more has been removed by the pick, or by heavy points, leaving projections of from half an inch to an inch in height. Blocks of stone are thus treated as the first operation in dre ing limestone and granite. Rough respiration, rice, setter, etc. See the nouns. Short and rough. See short. = Syn. 1. Rugged, jagged.-2. Unhewn, unwrought.-5. Hirsute, bristly.6. Indelicate, ungracious, bluff, blunt, bearish, churlish, gruff, impolite, brusk. II. n . 1. Rough or roughened state or condition; crudene ; rawne ; vehemence; exacerbation: with the : as, materials or work in the rough; the rough of a storm. I knew a King that, being cro ed in his Game, would amid his Oaths fall on the Ground, and bite the very Earth in the Rough of his Pa ion. Howell, Letters, I. v. 11. Contemplating the people in the rough . Mrs. Browning , Aurora Leigh, vi 2. A projecting piece inserted in a horse's shoe, to keep him from slipping. If this steel rough [a spike inserted in a square hole in each heel of a horseshoe] be made to fit the hole exactly, it remains firm in its place. E. H. Knight , New Mech. Dict., p. 770. 31. Rough weather. In calms, you fish; in roughs , use songs and dances. P. Fletcher , Piscatory Eclogues, vii. 32 4. pl . In mining , a poor grade of tin ore, or that which has been only roughly dre ed. Also rows. [Cornwall, Eng.] rough1 (ruf), v. [ tools fixed on a lathe and moistened with sand and water. Harper's Mag., LXXIX. 201. 2. To execute or shape out roughly; finish partially or in the rough; prepare for a finishing operation: as, to rough out building-stones. The bowlders. were thrown to the surface to be roughed out and trimmed. Amer. Anthrop., IIL In the grinding of a lens, the first operation consists in roughing it, or bringing it approximately to the curvature it is ultimately to a ume. IMG:content-2510.png:[blocks in formation] E. L. Wilson , Quarter Century in Photography, p. Roughing-down rolls. roughing-rolleRoughing-in or roughing-up coat. See coat -To rough a horse. (a) To make a horse's shoes rough incr der to keep him from slipping. See rough1 , n., 2 The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-2512.png:[blocks in formation] When three coats are used, it [the laying on of the first coat of plaster] is called pricking up when upon laths, and roughing in when upon brick. De Colange , Dict. Commerce, I. 378. To rough it, to live in a rough, haphazard manner; put up with coarse or casual food and accommodations; endure hardship or inconvenience. Take care of Fanny, mother. She is tender, and not used to rough it like the rest of us. Jane Austen , Mans field Park, xxxix. Molly Corney was one of a large family of children, and had to rough it accordingly. Mrs. Gaskell, Sylvia's Lovers, ii. II. in trans . To behave roughly; specifically, to break the rules in boxing by too much rough IMG:content-2513.png:[blocks in formation] rough2 (ruf), n. [Also formerly ruff; appar. an abbr. of ruffian, but now a ociated with rough and accordingly conformed to it in spelling. It is not probable that the adj. rough alone would give rise to such substantive use.] A rowdy; a ruffian; a rude, coarse fellow; one given to riotous violence; a bully. The great queen, moody, despairing, dying, wrapt in the profoundest thought, with eyes fixed upon the ground or already gazing into infinity, was besought by the counsellors around her to name the man to whom she chose that the crown should devolve. "Not to a rough ," said Elizabeth, sententiously and grimly. Motley, United Netherlands, IV. 138. [In a foot-note Scaramelli is quoted to the effect that the word signifies in English "persona ba a e vile."] I entertain so strong an objection to the euphonious softening of ruffian into rough , which has lately become popular, that I restore the right word to the heading of this paper. Dickens , All the Year Round, Oct. 10, 1868. ( Latham .) A lady living in the suburbs of London had occasion to make complaint because a rough climbed on to her garden wall and broke off a branch from one of her fruit trees. T. C. Crawford, English Life, p. 138. rough3 (ruf), v. t. A bad spelling of ruff4. roughage (ruf'aj), n. [ Bedding or roughage is scarce, especially in the milk and the fancy-butter-producing regions near our great cities. Encyc. Amer., L. 98. rough-backed (ruf'bakt), a. Having a rough back: as, the rough - backed cayman, Alligator or Caiman trigon at us, of South America.